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Also Known As Hāshim ibn Ḥākim
Died 783
Subjects Of Study Islam • Zoroastrianism
Abu Muslim
Muslim leader
R.C. Zaehner
British historian
Bedreddin
Ottoman theologian
Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
Quang Trung
emperor of Vietnam
Muhammad Atef
al-Qaeda leader
Burhanuddin Rabbani
president of Afghanistan
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
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ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
president of Turkey
The Hongwu emperor; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Hongwu
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The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Ibn Baṭṭūṭah
Ibn Battuta
Muslim explorer and writer
William III
William III
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
al-Mahdī
Sudanese religious leader
Muʿāwiyah I
Umayyad caliph